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Re: Rendering of PDFs in Onshape re-enabled
We've pushed an additional change that should restore PDF visibility for almost all users. This was the intent with the last change, but we didn't get it quite right. Our sincere apologies. Only documents owned by certain plans and shared via Link Sharing should have PDFs and other image types not display.
Re: How do I edit the Bezier control points numerically
Dimensioning them works just fine. There are a zillion different ways to constrain them. Typically you need enough dimensions and constraints to manage each control point's 2 degrees of freedom - then the Bézier will turn black, showing it's fully constrained. You can also add points on the curve, and dimension to them, but you will typically need add more constraints to tie things down. The following three curves are all the same, just dimensioned differently.
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Re: Improvements to Onshape - December 15th, 2023
Well I thought the countersinks in sheet metal was going to work, but it still won't let me make the countersinks to a sketch in the flat pattern.
I use curved pieces of sheet metal all the time, and I need to add countersinks in them, and frankly this is getting ridiculous that this Basic Functionality is still not available in the sheet metal module. Neither is forming, or rolling, etc. If you're going to have CAD software that (in theory) does sheet metal, then it needs to be able to mimic how sheet metal is formed in the real world. This sheet metal module is infantile, perhaps juvenile, at best. Can we please make it grow up into adulthood like the rest of the CAD world? Good God, this company is owned by PTC now, and Creo can do it, so there's no reason the resource members who coded it for Creo can't be assigned to do it for Onshape...
I use curved pieces of sheet metal all the time, and I need to add countersinks in them, and frankly this is getting ridiculous that this Basic Functionality is still not available in the sheet metal module. Neither is forming, or rolling, etc. If you're going to have CAD software that (in theory) does sheet metal, then it needs to be able to mimic how sheet metal is formed in the real world. This sheet metal module is infantile, perhaps juvenile, at best. Can we please make it grow up into adulthood like the rest of the CAD world? Good God, this company is owned by PTC now, and Creo can do it, so there's no reason the resource members who coded it for Creo can't be assigned to do it for Onshape...
Re: Mates are bad and driving me insane. (it's a bit of a rant)
A lot to unpack here...
As far as your assembly errors go, I suspect the revolutes are fighting each other (in the Z-direction), if you change the one between the green and yellow arms to a cylindrical mate it should help things...
As far as mating things, it's easier to start the mate with the parts NOT in the correct final position. This solves trying to select overlapping things.
You are correct that the order of selection matters and it does affect how offset work. Basically the offset is going to be applied based on the axes of the first mate connector you select, and they are also going to be applied TO the first mate connector you pick. So you want to pick the "moving" part (the one you are mating) first and the "fixed" (the one you are mating to) second.
See this video for discussion about this:
https://youtu.be/8Pe-W-PV-zE
The new addition of being able edit mate connectors during the mating process means you can now re-align your first mate connector before picking the second one in order to get predictable offsets and behavior. Adding an explicit mate connector in the part studio is also a good way to get better control of that.
As far as your assembly errors go, I suspect the revolutes are fighting each other (in the Z-direction), if you change the one between the green and yellow arms to a cylindrical mate it should help things...
As far as mating things, it's easier to start the mate with the parts NOT in the correct final position. This solves trying to select overlapping things.
You are correct that the order of selection matters and it does affect how offset work. Basically the offset is going to be applied based on the axes of the first mate connector you select, and they are also going to be applied TO the first mate connector you pick. So you want to pick the "moving" part (the one you are mating) first and the "fixed" (the one you are mating to) second.
See this video for discussion about this:
https://youtu.be/8Pe-W-PV-zEThe new addition of being able edit mate connectors during the mating process means you can now re-align your first mate connector before picking the second one in order to get predictable offsets and behavior. Adding an explicit mate connector in the part studio is also a good way to get better control of that.
Re: Browser based = dumb idea.
This isn't an issue, use a supported browser. It's one of the best features of onshape is totally browser based without any software installation! Sometimes you need to show someone offsite away from your own computer a part, you just login and show them without hesitation, no one will allow you to go install software on their computer.
Re: John Steven Bowers
Agree with Simon. That said, if you've got the budget, this stuff is amazing:
https://www.stratasys.com/en/materials/materials-catalog/fdm-materials/tpu-92a/
https://www.stratasys.com/en/materials/materials-catalog/fdm-materials/tpu-92a/
Re: John Steven Bowers
I think that Formlab just released a silicone resin for their brand of 3D printers and that may work better than TPU.
Re: Adjust the edge to other part
Your sketch is red because two of the sketch elements were fixed, causing a conflict. I would delete those constraints.
A simple way to trim the gray rectangle would be to open a sketch on one side and use the Use tool to grab the edge of the sweep and then extrude remove.
A simple way to trim the gray rectangle would be to open a sketch on one side and use the Use tool to grab the edge of the sweep and then extrude remove.
